Instead of kings, plutocrats, and generals, a new kind of historical walking tour focuses on the people they repressed, and tells a more complete story. This is one of the more uplifting pieces tucked away in my archive.
![The NWU logo sits at the top left corner; toward the top is the words "NWU STANDS WITH" next to an image of a raised fist; underneath it reads "the Washington Post Guild, the Washington Post Tech Guild, and the NewsGuild"; at the bottom is a black and white image of a person holding a sign that reads "Free Press" and covering their face with a blown up face of Jeff Bezos, the word "Greedy" pasted on his forehead"; the full image is on a beige background
[Image adapted from a February 2026 photo by user Sdkb on Wikimedia Commons]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jlpjjlapallqqzkqssipyonk/bafkreiclz2usycmwdh5c6t3rm657patmtlrvpp4r5vhclkmoytdrpupe5e@jpeg)
The NWU logo sits at the top left corner; toward the top is the words "NWU STANDS WITH" next to an image of a raised fist; underneath it reads "the Washington Post Guild, the Washington Post Tech Guild, and the NewsGuild"; at the bottom is a black and white image of a person holding a sign that reads "Free Press" and covering their face with a blown up face of Jeff Bezos, the word "Greedy" pasted on his forehead"; the full image is on a beige background [Image adapted from a February 2026 photo by user Sdkb on Wikimedia Commons]
Text on a beige background pulled from NWU's statement at nwu.org/wapo-layoffs
Text on a beige background pulled from NWU's statement at nwu.org/wapo-layoffs
Text on a beige background pulled from NWU's statement at nwu.org/wapo-layoffs
NWU, alongside @wgaeast.bsky.social, condemns the layoffs at the Washington Post & joins @postguild.bsky.social, @wapotechguild.bsky.social, & @newsguild.org in their demand that Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Post and one of the richest men on Earth, reverse them. Full statement: nwu.org/wapo-layoffs
this kind of shit is why i haven't changed my name yet; even if I never touched my gender marker, i worry that changing my name would get me flagged. it seems that Kansas has taken the route of doing exactly that.
these people won't be satisfied without terrorizing us for existing.
‘People who know Trump well, they say he is not a man of ideology. He’s just acting like a businessman in the world of politics. But what he’s done: he entered into some sort of contract with people who have an ideology.’
Azzam Tamimi, various reflections on region and beyond — worthwhile listening
This is garbage, NPR. Stop printing official lies in your headlines, stop insulting your audience, stop wasting our time.
Screenshot of a Google News aggregation page with links to newsmedia items on military actions in Iran — top headlines reading: “Hegseth: ‘We didn’t start this war but under President Trump we’re finishing it’” (NPR); “Top U.S. general says it will take time to achieve Iran war goals” (Axios); “Hegseth: This is not a so-called regime change war” (CNN); “‘We didn’t start this war but under president Trump, we’re finishing it,’ says Pete Hegseth – US politics live” (The Guardian); “More losses expected, ‘not a single overnight operation,’ Caine says” (6abc Philadelphia).
right, take any pathetic propagandizing ejaculation the war boy emits and pass it through direct to consumer, that’s a headline
something on @newsisout.bsky.social’s recent work, from which i’m learning and stand yet to learn a great deal
pdbowman.studio/briefs/28-fe...
can you show us the holy family theme park drawings again Jared
My latest comic for @thecomicjam.bsky.social has art by Ash De Luney, letters by @lintzlettering.bsky.social, and was partially inspired by @gailsimone.bsky.social (IYKYK). Check it out!
‘At this point, where we are, because our institutional faith communities have been so compromised in so many ways, … no longer will one person be subscribed to just one community, primarily: It’ll be a network or a collection of communities.’
sojo.net/articles/int...
‘Throughout U.S. history Black people have been repeatedly betrayed by the institutions that were supposed to help them. Yet Black people did not abandon institutions altogether. Instead they built their own.’
"A guard said 'Happy James Earl Ray Day" on Dr. [Martin Luther] King’s holiday. Another asked whether Black people even celebrate Father’s Day — because 'they don’t know their fathers.' I was raised in Detroit, baptized in Black history. Entering a Texas prison was a cultural collision."
if you're wondering why you should support this @51st.news fundraiser (and in general support billionaire free news where and how you can)
bsky.app/profile/jeff...
learning nothing from Leningrad: as the Kremlin toward Kyiv, so too at small scale the White House toward Minneapolis
knowing that nobody at the BAFTAs spoke to Delroy or Michael, that apparently there was a 'sorry if you were offended' apology, and the fact that the BBC took time to edit "free palestine" and not the slurs has made an already ugly no win situation much worse
I’m gonna salute every snowplow that passes me.
A man with a megaphone speaks among workers holding protest signs that read "ProPublica Workers Deserve Fair Pay" standing next to Scabby the inflatable rat.
A grid of people on a zoom call with virtual backgrounds that read "ProPublica Workers Deserve Fair Pay" and "ProPublica Workers ❤️ a Fair Contract."
A group of workers pose for a photo together holding protest signs, in the shade of a tree on a warm sunny day.
ICYMI: We took to the sidewalks (and screens) across the country recently to practice picketing.
We’re ready to fight for a fair contract and remind management that WE are ProPublica.
Join us in our fight. Donate to our strike fund, and read our latest here: www.propublicaguild.org/updates/prac...
But back to comics. Unlike gaming or movies or even manga, there is an undercurrent of hostility to black culture that has warped the scene for the worse. And it was allowed to take root because the scene was already so isolated and segregated. Gaming was not. Film was not.
even with interrupted availability after initial posting, this thing has topped 1M YT views in 3 days
c'est arrivé
nebula.tv/videos/daypa...
fun first episode! (regardless of any dispute about Nantes’ claims to transit firsts)
🚨🚨 "Surprise, surprise": The U.S. is reorienting its foreign funding program to export #MAGA ideology to Europe — and a growing set of far-right and conservative think tanks and political groups are lining up to take Washington’s money. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/maga...
try to say it without yelling NORBERT, it’s harder than you think
‘This talk of civilizational bond is irrelevant. It’s a way for Marco to give J.D. Vance’s speech, but just with a kind of positive flourish that will get European officials in denial to then applaud him. But it’s substantively not a different speech.’
and it’s up on YT
youtu.be/RF8zwgqWPKU
but listen to the man and go watch on @nebula.tv
it is about Perry, somebody a lot of people (me for one) pay scant attention to, but underneath it’s about more, about change in America, say — what does and doesn’t change, change yet to be hoped for
anyway, it’s four hours
four hours
a lot to think about
nebula.tv/videos/fdsig...
something unusual from Devin Stone (@legaleagle.tv), an interview with Maryland’s Raskin — never mind clickbaity title & graphics
nebula.tv/videos/legal...
“Thunder” - Working through some ideas.
Friday treat!
